Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Bacon, Madi
- Abstract:
- The Madi Bacon Papers, 1831-1999, contain the correspondence, professional files, family correspondence, and ephemera of the founder of the San Francisco Boys Chorus. A musical conductor and voice teacher, Bacon lived and worked in the Bay Area from 1946 until her death in 2001. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence with and amongst her family. Also included are her personal files relating to the San Franicsco Boys Chorus and other professional activities.
- Extent:
- 5 boxes, 4 cartons, 1 oversize box 7.5 linear feet
- Language:
- Collection materials are in English , German
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Madi Bacon Papers, BANC MSS 2001/119 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Madi Bacon Papers, 1831-1999, contain the correspondence, professional files, family correspondence, and ephemera of the founder of the San Francisco Boys Chorus. A musical conductor and voice teacher, Bacon lived and worked in the Bay Area from 1946 until her death in 2001. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence with and amongst her family. Also included are her personal files relating to the San Franicsco Boys Chorus and other professional activities.
- Biographical / historical:
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Madi Bacon grew up in Chicago, the only daughter of Charles Sumner Bacon, an eminent gynecologist, and his Austrian wife, Misa. Madi trained in music under the tutelage of her mother, attended the Frances Parker School and the University of Chicago, where she received her BA in Languages and later her MA in Music. She started her musical career directing a madrigal choir in Winnetka, Illinois, then she taught at Roosevelt University, Chicago. Madi first came to California in 1928, where she taught sports and music at the Katharine Branson School. In 1946 she returned to Berkeley to run the music program for the University of California Extension and then went on to found and develop the renowned San Francisco Boys Chorus. Because of her passion for sports and the outdoors she also founded the San Francisco Boys Chorus Summer Music Camps.
From the Memorial Program for Madi Bacon, February 24, 2001.
- Acquisition information:
- The Madi Bacon Papers were given to The Bancroft Library by the Madi Bacon Trust in 2001.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Bancroft Library staff in 2005.
- Accruals:
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No additions are expected.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Madi Bacon Papers, BANC MSS 2001/119 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft LibraryBerkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
- Contact:
- 510-642-6481